Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 1… Read Full Bio ↴Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 17, 1998, Durham, NC) was a popular jazz bandleader and pianist active in the 1940s and 1950s, most noted for his success in nightclubs on the West Coast during the post-World War II rise in popularity of American Jazz music.
Carpenter began performing on piano with bands at a very young age, in the mid-1930s. After graduating from college, he performed with a number of successful musicians, including Johnnie Davis.
In 1944, he worked briefly as a pianist in bandleader Boyd Raeburn's first influential jazz group, then put together his first band, working gigs on the East coast. In 1947 he relocated to Hollywood, where he formed a popular 12-man band that played primarily in the Los Angeles area, with tours up the West coast as far as Canada.
In the 1950s, he left the band scene, and worked as an accompanist for performers in the Ice Capades. In the late 1950s, he briefly returned to bandleading with small groups, before retiring to his hometown in North Carolina.
He recorded for the Modern Records label, with much of his music arranged by noted Jazz arranger and composer Paul Villepigue. Notable musicians who played with him include Lucky Thompson, Gerald Wilson, Ted Nash, and George Weidler.
His band was featured in two Hollywood musical films in the 1950s, Rhythm and Rhyme and Holiday Rhythm.
Carpenter began performing on piano with bands at a very young age, in the mid-1930s. After graduating from college, he performed with a number of successful musicians, including Johnnie Davis.
In 1944, he worked briefly as a pianist in bandleader Boyd Raeburn's first influential jazz group, then put together his first band, working gigs on the East coast. In 1947 he relocated to Hollywood, where he formed a popular 12-man band that played primarily in the Los Angeles area, with tours up the West coast as far as Canada.
In the 1950s, he left the band scene, and worked as an accompanist for performers in the Ice Capades. In the late 1950s, he briefly returned to bandleading with small groups, before retiring to his hometown in North Carolina.
He recorded for the Modern Records label, with much of his music arranged by noted Jazz arranger and composer Paul Villepigue. Notable musicians who played with him include Lucky Thompson, Gerald Wilson, Ted Nash, and George Weidler.
His band was featured in two Hollywood musical films in the 1950s, Rhythm and Rhyme and Holiday Rhythm.
Take the "A" Train
Ike Carpenter Orchestra Lyrics
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Coleman Hawkins You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Count Basie You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Duke Ellington His Famous Orchestra You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington His Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra/Ella Fitzgerald You must take the "a" train To go to sugar hill…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; Al Hibbler vocal; I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; Ella Fitzgerald You must take the "a" train To go to sugar hill…
Duke Ellington & Paul Gonsalves You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington feat. His Orchestra You must take the A train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington feat. Ray Nance You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington Orchestra I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Duke Ellington Orchestra & Count Basie Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington w/Ella You must take the A train To go to Sugar Hill…
Earl Hines Trio You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Echoes Of An Era Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the A-train To find the quickest …
Ella & Duke Ellington You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Ella Fitzgerald You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill,…
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington & His Orchestra You must take the "a" train To go to sugar hill…
Ella Fitzgerald - Dizzy Gillespie - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Ella Fitzgerald / Duke Ellington You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Ellington Duke and his Orchestra I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Ellington/Basie You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Esquivel & Esquivel and His Orchestra I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Gregory Hutchinson Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the A-train To find the quickest …
Harry James Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Joe Henderson Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the A-train To find the quickest …
Joe Pass/Mickey Roker/Milt Jackson/Ray Brown You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Paul Gonsalves You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Piero Umiliani and His Orchestra I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Ray Nance You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Sarah Vaughan You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill,…
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
The Delta Rhythm Boys you must take the "A" train to go to Sugar Hill…
The Earl Hines Trio You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Yasuko Agawa You must take the "A" train To go to sugar hill…
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